Most music aficionados, if pressed, could come up with Cheeseburger in Paradise and Margaritaville. The average guy walking the street would either say "the singer" or "Who is Jimmy Buffet".

He's got a large following of hardcore fans, but they operate in a echo chamber... the simply don't understand or accept that most people have no idea who he is. I'd bet that less than 1% of the under 40 crowd could identify a single song or see a photo and be able to identify him.

I'll modify my earlier statement-- "the singer", "who is Jimmy Buffet" and "oh, the restaurant". Sirius? You can't be serious! The day Howard Stern retires is the beginning of the end for satellite radio.

Oh, I don't doubt that. He's quite popular with his fanbase. My point being that his fans are BIG fans... and he's fairly obscure with the rest of the population.

I deal with young people every day. They all, to a person, know what pinball is. Many have never played, and the majority don't understand the appeal of playing a huge machine when you can do the "same thing" on a tablet or phone.

You can't possibly believe this. He's VERY RARELY played on commercial radio at all, and then relegated to the classic rock stations... and only the two songs that I mentioned before.

He receives absolutely no airplay on pop stations. Hasn't since the 70s.

Country and "classic" stations, are VERY different than pop radio. Jimmy Buffet hasn't had a hit since long before anyone playing on pop radio was even born.

Ultimately, even talking about him is dredging up another 70s retread. I'd much rather see original themes in pinball anyway, but if we can't have that, there should at least be more contemporary themes.

Not at all. Pop stations play current tunes, and rarely venture out of the current top 100. This Just ne it will be 40 years since Jimmy Buffet made it to the billboard charts on his own (I’m not counting the country songs he was involved with- they weren’t played on pop radio).

He’s got a big following, and he’s made a lot of money. Does that translate into likely pinball sales? I’m not confident of that... still, it may be a better idea than Iron Maiden or Rush, both of whom are decades past their expiration dates.

I don't think it's a trivial point at all. 2 minutes use of the Billboard search engine gave me all the information that I needed.

Let's remove the three songs that have charted in recent years with country artists:

It's Five O'Clock Somewhere - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett - Peaked at #17 on 9.6.2003

Hey Good Lookin' - Jimmy Buffett With Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith & George Strait - Peaked at #63 on 7.3.2004

Knee Deep- Zac Brown Band Featuring Jimmy Buffett - Peaked at #18 on 8.6.2011

Of the remainder, I've reordered them chronologically.

Come Monday- Peaked at #30 on 7.13.1974

Margaritaville - Peaked at #8 on 7.23.1977

Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes - Peaked at #37 on 11.5.1977

Cheeseburger In Paradise - Peaked at #32 on 6.17.1978

Livingston Saturday Night - Peaked at #52 on 9.9.1978

Fins - Peaked at #35 on 11.3.1979

Mañana - Peaked at #84 on 12.9.1978

Volcano - Peaked at #66 on 1.19.1980

Survive - Peaked at #77 on 3.29.1980

It's My Job - Peaked at #57 on 3.28.1981

Ok... so I owe you an apology. it's been 13,502 days since Jimmy Buffet last had a hit. That's not 40 years, it's only 36 years, 11 months and 16 days. Be "mellow" and "enjoy your thing", but also understand that as a pin theme, this will fall as flat as the PBR Can Crusher.

I don't disagree on this point. Have to add Rush to that list as well. That, IMO would be the absolute worst of the themes we commonly see people kicking around.

AP really seems to be pulling it all together. I'd prefer they not go bankrupt.